Skate



Feb. 19,1924. 1,484,054

. I H. s.. BEALS SKATE Filed April 5. 1922 BY xw ATTORNEYS ily Patented Feb. 19, 1924-.

HAROLD S. BEALS, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM H. SHEPHERD, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE. j

Application filed April 5,

changeably attached to the foot plate of.

the skate or whereby the skate may be readconverted into a roller skate.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view, in side elevation, of a skate constructed in accordance with the.

present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the runner shown in Fig. 1; and

Figs. 3 and 1 are detail sectional Views taken along the lines 33 and 44, respectively, of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings,'the footplate of the improved skate comprises a heel plate 5 and a toe plate 6. The heel and toe plates fiand 6 are connected, in spaced-apart relation, by means of a girder 7. As shown, the girder '7 extends beneath the foot plate and is spaced therefrom by means of short u right posts 8 and 9 which rise from the points adjacent the opposite ends of the girder, the post 8 being rigidly secured to the forward portion of the heel plate while the post 9 is rigidly secured to the rear portion of the toe plate. As shown in Fig. 4c the girder 7 is U-shaped in cross-section to provide a channel lO'toreceive the upper edge portion of a blade or runner such as that shown at 12 in Fig. 1. The runner 12 is constructed with two upwardly extending projections 1d and 15, the projection 14 being adapted to extend between a pair of coupling ears or brackets 16 depending from the rear of the heel plate 5, while the projection 15 is adapted to extend between a similar pair of coupling ears or brackets 17 depending from the forward portion of the toe plate 6. The projections 14: and 15 and the ears 16 and 17 are apertured to re- 1922. Serial no, 549,731.

ceive bolts 18 which are provided with suitable nuts 19, said bolts and nuts serving tosecure the runner projections 14 and 15 de tachably to the respective pairs of coupling ears 16 and 17. The upper edge face of the runner 12 is provided'with a wide notch20 j to receive the connecting web portion "of the channel-shaped girder 7, this notched con-.

of said web portion of the girder..,, The

shoulders 22 serve to locate the runner '12 relatively to the foot plate so that the aper tures in the runner projections 1 iand15 e girder and opposed will register with the apertures inthe re. spect ve pairs of coupling ears or brackets 16 and 17' to receive the'bolts, 18. The shoulders'22 also serve to prevent end play of the runner relatively to the foot plate when said runner and footplate have beendetachably secured together.

To more firmly and rigidly secure the runner to the foot plate, the runner is provided with a screw-threadedstudfl t which rises from thedepressed upper face '21 of the runner and is adaptedto project through.

an aperture; in the connecting web portion of the channel-shaped girder 7, and a nut 25 is screwed upon the free end of said' stud to clamp the girder securely but detachably to the runner. i

The foot plate may clamping jaws 26. and 27' which may be adjustable into engagement with a shoe heel and sole, respectively, as is customary in skate construction. The coupling ears or. brackets 16 and 17 may be conveniently struck up. from the body of the heeland toe plates or they may be brazed or otherwisesecured thereto'inany suitable manner. ;The posts 8 and 9 maybe secured to the girder and be provided with to the respective heel and toe plates in any suitable manner or they maybe formed i integrally with said girder] or with said heel and toe plates v I The above described girder'construction serves to brace or reinforce the heel and toe plates by preventing bending or buckling of the same under the strains to which they ios are subjected while in use. By virtue of the inverted U-shaped cross-sectional structure of the girder 7, side flanges are provided which overlap and closely embrace the run-' ner and serve to prevent sidewise or tilting displacement thereof. By means of the nut 25, the "runner is rigidly secured tothe girder to prevent any possibility of the girder springing upwardly away from the runner. It Will be seen: that with the above described construction and arrangement of parts the foot plate and runner may be as firmly and rigidly secured together as if the latter were permanently attached to the former.

plurality of ice blades or runners of difierent types or styles may be provided and adapted to beinterchangeably-*assembled vvith'the foot plate to adapt the skate for use in different kinds of'skatingsuch as forracing, hoclrey playing,- or fancy skating.

"The invention further contemplates the assembly 'with the footplate and girder above described, of a roller truck (not shown) *there-by converting the skate into a roller-skate. Obviously the truck maybe constructed in the form of a beam of the thickness oftheillustrated runner 12, said b'eam having a notched upper edgeportion corresponding to notched portion 20 of said runner for receiving the girder, a screwthre'aded stud, corresponding to the stud 25, anfdapertured projections, corresponding to the projections 14- and 15, for-enabling said beam to bedetachably secured -to the guide and fooaplate.

The invention has been disclosed herein for illustrative purposes in an'embodiment at present preferred but it is to be understood that the scope of'the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

1. In a skate, the combination with -*a heel plate and a toe plate andone-ot' a plurality of runners or different types-adapted to be interchangeably assembled With the heel and toe plates, of a girder" connecting and integral with the heel and toe plates and having longitudinal {channel to receive the upper edge ofgthe runner, and

separate means-for detachably securing the runner to the heel plate "and to the toe plate.

In a skate, the combination'witha heel plate'anda. toe plate and-one of a'plura'lity c'l'"'runners of di'fierent'types adapted-to be interchangeably assembled with the heel and toe plates, ofa girder rigidly connecting the proximate ends of the heel and toe plates and havinga longitudinal channel to receive the upper edge of the runner, means for detachably securing the runner to said girder, and separate means for detachably securing the runner to the heel plate and to the toe plate. 7

3. In a skate, the combination with a heel and toe plate and one of a plurality of runners of different types each having spaced shoulders in its upper edge and adapted to be interchangeably assembled With the heel and toe plates, of a girder connecting and integral With the heel and toe plates and having a longitudinal channel'to engage the upperedgeof a runnerbetween the shoulders thereof to locate the said heel and toe plate relative to the runner, means for clamping the said runner and toe plate ri idly-together, means for detachably'securing the heel plate and toe plate to the runner.

4. In a skate, the combination withca heel plate and a toe plate and oneof a plurality of runners of different types .each having spaced shoulders in its upper edge and adapted to be interchangeably assembled With the heel and toe plates, of a supportdepending from the forward portion of the heel plate, a support depending from the rear portion of the toe-plate, a channelshaped girder rigidly connecting the lower;

extremities of said supports and arranged to receive and rest upon the. middle portion oi said runner between the shoulders .thereof, a stud rising from said runner and extending through said girder between said supports, a nut-threaded upon said stud above said girder .for securing the runner to the latter, and meansfo-r detachably-zsecuring said runner to the rear of the heel plate and to the forward portion of the toe p ate.

5. Inaskate, the combinationwitha heel plate and a toe plateand oneof a plurality of runners of different types adapted to be interchangeably assembled -vvith the heel and toe plates, of coupling brackets-at-the rear of the heel plate and, at the frontof the toe plate, means for detachably securingsaid runner to said brackets, and means integral With the heel and toe zpla-te detachably secured to said. runner forssupporting the forward portion-of the heel plate and the rear portion of the toe plate.

In testimony whereof I have aflixedmy signature.

HAROLD S. BEALS. 

